Aztec Geography

The Aztecs live in Northern Mexico. The Aztecs come from a place called Aztlan. They built Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoc. Their capital is Tenochtitlan. The Tenochtitlan was a large city. One of Aztec emperors his name is Montezuma ll. Aztec culture: In Aztec homes had a steam bath. The Aztec calendar was meant for the sun god. The calendar was made out of basalt, and basalt is solidified lava. The first calendar was called Xiuhpohualli, which counted the years. The calendar helped the farmer with their farming because it also predicted the weather. The second calendar that the Aztecs used was called Tonalphualli. This calendar was for sacred calendar. This calendar divided the gods. In Aztec culture, there were two social classes. The first …show more content…
The common people were not allowed to have art. Aztec art was traded, and the materials used in the art came from other countries as well. Aztec art was based on animals; some of the animals that were shown in the art were birds, fish, deer, ducks, and many more. Some of the art works were drawings of gods and warriors. The art was colorful. Also Aztec masks, potter, shields, painted walls, and many more were made out of stone, and these things are art. Some art from the Aztecs was made out of gold, jewels, feather, clay, and many more. A main feature of the art was that it was lifelike or realistic. The art actually looks alive and has so many …show more content…
Another god named is Tlaloc, who is the rain god. Other one is Quetzalcoatl, who is the god of fertility and the arts. Aztec religion is focused on gods, dates, directions, and colors. The Aztecs believed that it took the gods five tries before they were able to create the world. The Aztec sacrifices to help Huitzilopochtli keep the sun strong; they felt that if the sun became weak that they would be punished. They believed that everything had to be in balance; every fifty-two years, they were afraid that the world would end. The Aztecs also believed that their world was made up of four sections and the city Tenochititlán was the center. They thought there were thirteen layers of heaven and nine layers of the underworld. The temple in Tenochititlán was where heaven and earth were connected. The Aztecs believed that a person’s life after death depended on how that person died. If a person was sacrificed to Huitzilopochtli, then he would become a warrior against the evils and darkness of the world. Others would be reincarnated as animals or humans. Others believed that those who died had to come back through the nine layers of the